On 14 October 2011 05:25, Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > On 2011-10-13, Christiano F. Haesbaert <haesba...@haesbaert.org> wrote: >> On 13 October 2011 17:45, Timothy Baldock <t...@entropy.me.uk> wrote: >>> I'd recommend the Areca cards, they are expensive but worth the money IMO >>> >> >> I see, and I agree, but have in mind I pay around 100% taxes :(. >> >> > > How important is raid5? The simpler raid1 mpi(4) / mpii(4) cards > are much cheaper, and raid1 is easier to get your data out of when > the card blows up... >
Starting to get less important, I wanted to have a 4x1.5tb storage using raid5, but with the money I'd spent I can get a cheaper raid1 and more disks, or just more disks and forget about raid. The price I'd pay for an Areca gives me more 3x1.5tb disks. > Don't get hung up on looking for a controller with the word "sata" > in the name, the sas controllers are generally fine with sata drives, > there are various HP/Dell/LSI SAS controllers that will work fine, > some of which are quite easily ebay'able. I had a look on the lsi megaraid 83XX, they're more affordable, I'll see what I can get. > Make sure you get cables, they don't always come with the card > (even new ones). > > Thanks
